Out in the Cold is a song about lost love, presumably a breakup. The song is very slow-paced and emotional compared to the other fast, upbeat songs in the Turbo album.
There seems to be a connection between this song and the song Fever, from Screaming for Vengeance. In Fever, the narrator watches...
[Verse 1]
I'm laying awake at night
I can't get you out of my mind
All I can hear is my heart beat
And a voice in the dark of some kind
[Pre-Chorus]
Where are you now?
The fears are coming back to me once again
Oh, I wish you were here taking good care of me
I want you
[Chorus]
I feel as though I'm out in the cold
Out in the cold—Hear me calling
Cold
Out in the cold—Please rescue me
[Verse 2]
I know it was you I hurt
(I didn't mean to hurt you)
So much to forgive and forget
Can't take anymore of this hurt
(Oh no, oh no)
There's so many things I regret
[Pre-Chorus]
Where are you now?
The fears are coming back to me once again
Oh, I wish you were here taking good care of me
I want you
[Chorus]
I feel as though I'm out in the cold
(You shut me out)
Out in the cold—Hear me calling
(Where are you now? I need you, I'm so...)
Cold
(Can't you hear my heart beat?)
Out in the cold—Please rescue me
[Post-Chorus]
Give me a chance, baby
There's nothing I wouldn't do to make it alright
Just for one more chance, baby
I need all your loving tonight
[Lead: K.K.]
[Lead: Glenn]
[Pre-Chorus]
Where are you now?
The fears are coming back to me once again
Oh, I wish you were here taking good care of me
I want you
[Chorus]
I feel as though I'm out in the cold
(You shut me out)
Out in the cold—Hear me calling
(Where are you now? I need you, I'm so...)
Cold
(Can't you hear my heart beat?)
Out in the cold—Please rescue me
(Why don't you rescue me?)
Cold
(You shut me out)
Out in the cold—Hear me calling
(Where are you now? I need you, I'm so...)
Cold
(Can't you hear my heart beat?)
Out in the cold—Please rescue me
(Why don't you rescue me?)
I'm so cold
(You shut me out)
Out in the cold—Hear me calling
(Where are you now? I need you, I'm so...)
Cold
(Can't you hear my heart beat?)
Out in the cold—Please rescue me
Out in the Cold was written by K.K. Downing & Rob Halford & Glenn Tipton.
Out in the Cold was produced by Tom Allom.
Judas Priest released Out in the Cold on Mon Apr 14 1986.
Generally, I write a lot of these songs without really thinking them through until much later on, and then I go, “Oh… now I know where I was going in that particular lyric.”
—Rob Halford